The ABS recently released annual data on the performance of each State and Territory economy, known as Gross State Product. This is the most complete measure of economic activity by state because it takes into account each State and Territory’s share…
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Ai Group recently made a short submission to a Senate Inquiry into the ability of Australian law enforcement authorities to eliminate gun-related violence in the community. It doesn’t sound typical of the sort of policy issues we usually get our…
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Ai Group’s latest Economics research note presented a strong relationship between the Australian PSI® and various ABS data on the services sector and the economy more generally. For example, movements in the Australian PSI® are closely aligned with annual growth…
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There is a lot of talk about “advanced manufacturing” at the moment. It is associated with words and phrases like “innovation”, “collaboration”, “high tech” “global supply chains”, “moving up value chains”, “adding value”, “going global”, “value adding services” and “clean”…
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Many commentators believe that the G20 Leaders Summit has lost its purpose, having been set up in 2008 to address the GFC. But even though the global economy is no longer in such critical crisis, the G20 has an important…
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